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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-08-05

Shoes. The pick of the mar
ket, and, whether for little or
much, a liberal moneys worth
in every case. That's the cor
ner-stone of our Shoe business.
If you know Shoes, well; if you
don't, well. We know them,
and our knowledge is your
knowledge when you buy here,
These are some lots that are
worth coming far to see:
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The boss place to buy shoes is at J. w.
Fingers, Rupert. i22-3t
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FARE FOR ROUND TRIP:
From Benton, 75c.
f" Saltwater, 65c.
I" Zaner's, 60c.
Forks, 60c.
4" Orangeville, 35c.
" Lightstreet, 20c.
Paper Mill, 2Oc.
JOHN JAMESON, General Manager.
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List OF letters remaining in the Post Or
flee at Bloomsbury for week ending Aug
2, 1887
Samuel Burnside (9), Prof. W. A. Buck.
houf, W, Butson, l.. N. Bitienbender, Mrs.
Emma Howard, f. j. Mullen, Charles
McHenry, Hiram Smith, AL Smith, Miss
Ettie Snyder, John F. Wilson.
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During July and August the COLUMBIAN
Office will close every day at six o'clock. III
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-08-05

Write for what you want and
tell us how you want it sent
by mail or express.
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Thanksgiving will be the next legal holl
day.
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The days are shortening.

Sunflowers will soon blossom.
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The picnic season is now at its height.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-08-05

DRUNKENNESS OR LIQUOR HABIT POSITIVELY
CURED BY ADMINISTERING DR.. HAINRs'
GOLDEN SPECIFIC. 1t can be given in cup
of coffee or tea without the knowledge of
the person taking it; is absolutely harmless
and will effect a permanent and speedy
cure, whether the patient is a moderate
drinker or an alcoholic wreck. Thousands
of drupkards have been made temperate
men who have taken Golden Specific in
their coffee without their knowledge, and
to-day believe they quit drinking of their
own free will. IT NEVER FAILS. The
system once impregnaIed with the Specific
it becomes an utter impossibility for the
liquor habit to exist. For full particulars
address Golden Specific Co., 1856 Race ST.,
Cincinnati, Ohio. dec 3 SO 1y.
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when Baby WA sick, we gave her Castoria,
Whom she was Child, she cried for Csstoris.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them CAutoriA

every part of the body by Hoods Sarsaps-
rilla That tired feeling is entirely over
come The blood is purified, enriched and
vitalized, and carries health instead of dis
ease to every organ The stomach is toned
and strengthened, the appetite restored.
The kidneys and liver are reused and in
vigorated. The brain is refreshed the
mind made clear and ready for work.
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Chestnut, Thirteenth and Market stretts.
and City-han squar.
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A LBUMS, PHOTOGRAPH, AUTOGRAPH AND
"A scrap large and complete line at j. II.
Mercer's Dug and Book Store, Evans Block.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-08-05

A LII THE FINEST EXTRACTS - COLOGNE
IA Sachets, Pomades, Hair Dyes and Bay Rum
at j. H. Mercers Drug and Book store, Evans
BLOCK, opposite Episcopal Church
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A Ii PROPRIETARY AND PATENT MEDICINES
"A at j. H. MERGERS Drug and Book store, oppo-
site Episcopal Church.
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DOCKS, STATIONERY AND WALL PAPER A
ID fine stock at MERGERS Drug and Book Store
opposite Episcopal Church, Bloomsbury, Pa.
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CASTILLE, TOILET AND INDICATED SOAPS,
~ Iull line at j. II. Mercer's Drug and Book
Store, Upper Main ,tTeet.
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NTALL PAPER-MANY KINDS AND MANY
w prices at Mercer's Drug and Book Store
opposite Episcopal Church, bloomsbury Pa
JuneS,lySI.
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HOMBS OF ALL KINDS, WELL SELECTED. AND
" at very low prices at j. ii. MERGERS Drug and
Book store, third door above Iron street, Blooms
burg, Pa
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u,oILET AND INFANT POWDERS, ROUGE
L Cosmetic ana gold and silver Diamond bust
at j. IL. MERGERS Drug and BOOK store, No Is Main
street, bloomsburg, Pa
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CONDENSED MILK, COXE'S, NELSON'S AND
~ Cooper's Gelatine. Tapioca, Sage, Arrow Root
and all the prepared foods for children and in
Valids at Mercers Drug and Book store, first door
above Hess Boot and Shoe Store, Bloomsbury Pa
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
He Learned "A Lesson.


A young married man who has fretted
his friends with complaints of his poverty
long ago and has been model of content.
ment ever since. \ friend remal ked the
change in him recently: Don't mention
it, Charley; | feel mean enough. You
remember was invited out to the coun-
try seat of Swipes, the millionaire, on
business. Well, | went, and stayed there
four days. They treated me like a
prince, but not at all like one of the
family. If they had I'd have left. You
know they are educated as well as rich;
elegant in their manners and have as
much brains as any people | ever met;
bur, heavens. give me my little house
and poor table and ordinary folks for my
friends. SwipeS would come down to
breakfast smiling and make the meanest
remarks you ever heard in the politest
way, stabbing his wife with every word
The son would come in later and give
his governor dose OF the same thing,
and the daughter was worse than all.
Pom my honor, these people kept them
selves miserable, and they never forgot
their manners, either. When ! came
home told my wife the story of my
visit, and swore that | would never
envy millionaire again.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
HER SPECIAL BUTTER DISH,

A young lady told me of scientific
experiment she has been trying. Her
boarding. house is very fashionable and
exclusive and excellent one, but of late
the perversities of the butter have been
trying. But sometimes has way of be-
ing perverse. and this usually in August,
when il should be the best. Just as chill
dren are very likely to appear at their
very worst when they should behave the
best. Now, some one had told this young
lady that if cream were buried in the
earth for twenty four hours it would
then be found to have become butter of
a superior quality and flavor. She longed
to test the truth Of this statement, and,
confessing her ambition to Mrs. Daniel
Merriman, she was made present of
bag of cream from the BIgelow farm.
She told me, with the mlnuteness indis-
penSabe to the description of scientific
procedures, that the bag was of white
cloth, of strong and firm material and
that the cream, of course. being from the
Bigelow farm, was of lovely richness, of
the sort usually described as being thick
enough to cut with knife She made
the excavation in the ground, of the nee
essary size, and deposited her cream and
covered it up. After twenty-four hours
she unearthed it and it was a ball of gol-
den, hard. delicious butter, wanting only
salt to make it perfect, and this she ad-
ded with her own fair hands. There
were DO traces of buttermlk; it had all
been absorbed through the pores of the
cloth into the earth. 1t is improbable
that the young lady will go on making
butter after this manner, but her method
may indicate that there is shortly to be a
revolution i'll the art of butter making.
The new way has to recommend it
great saving of labor, and, one would
say, of care as well. In these wonder
ful days it is impossible to prOphesy what
great and momentous results may come
from such a happening as this.-Boston
Werald
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

"Time to drive home. You must dine
with us today, Miss Browne, and Tom
will show you the way to Sarah's. When
you know it be sure you come over it
often to see me "
Indeed, will,'' was the quick re-
ply.
And but that the solid ground does not
wear ont there would have been danger
TO the path across lots" that led from
Mr. Birch $ to Tom Traxalrs. Did Fanny
Brownies dainty feet tail to trip across
one way, Toms long stride was sure to
20 the other, and the stride was short
ened to an easier gait when She slowly
walked to and fro
Mrs Traxall was delighted to have a
young visitor who could talk of some
thing besides COW and poultry, and actu-
ally proposed to Tom to buy piano. to
accompany the sweet voice that sang all
her tavorite ballads for her. Tom nodded,
but waited.
For Tom, who had not escaped some
tlirtations in his college life, was yet
heart-whole until those summer walks
and drives with Fannie Browne stole
away the entire love he had never before
given. She was the brightest, sweetest
woman he had ever met, and his mother
was fond of her, an added attraction tc
Tom.
"For," he thought, Loyalty, 81 never
could marry a woman who would make
home uncomfortable for nanny"
| 1t was at the Falls, where he had first
seen her, that Tom ventured to speak his
| love. Not all at once, cautious Tom, but
| gently feeling his way by asking her il
she could live her life in SO quiet a place
as Woodhaven, after the hustle Of Z
city.
But have only lived in Boston one
year" she said. II was born in lust
such a quiet home as yours. but my par
ents died when was a child, and the
minister gave me a home and an e,luca
| Ilul uHLli L was nlllGISeu. iueD WEN
to Boston to earn my own living. | hac
u cousin there who got me a situation.
There was a suspicious quiver in heI
voice as, with downcast eyes, she added
1T was in a school, and her name-my
cousin SIS Medusa Elmore'
Il take 1t all back cried Tom. 81 an
ready to swear by Venus and Cupid thai
! there lives nothing in this world so lovely
so charming as Yankee school marin
and the one desire of my life is to viii
one for my own. Fanny, forgive my
fatal ignorance and take pity on my
| heart
"WelI, well, ;" Mrs Traxall said, 'jus
to think, Tom, how you have been dodg
| ing Sarah S boariers all summer for fea1
of meeting Miss Elmore's friend. 1t i!
too funny"
But Tom could laugh with his mother
| for the love he coveted is all his own; anC
his wife Fanny rules the farmhouse, anc
resigns, without sigh, the delights o
city life and the dignity of a school
marm.-Ne,r Fork Lsdger.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
Plain Talk for Farmers.

You are considering the Fertilizer question. All
Fertilizers lower in price than before VIII You
paonze the agent of firms personally unknown You,
the wcll-cqupped factory located in your midst
Which is more likely give You full value and goods
represented: Which appeals stronger for your confidence
and support The great increase in the number of country
factories gives you Fertilizers half what they cost ten
wears ago, and much better goods.
Our place of business is open Your grist
MILL and welcome there day OF the year Was
with the city Fertilizer works: If YOU Bone
man, remember that o71Nd clean cattle Bone and are
headquarters this article. Come and inspect big stock
and ground. Don't let sharp dealer agent sell
Steamed Bone, Ground Imkagc, Packing House
Bone, and make You believe it is anything like Pure
Ground Raw Bone. 1t isn't If think you'll get
left
Look for the fellow who offers something the
price lower good SCOTS Sure Growth. Don
be deceived BY such trick The Sure Growth the highest
grade complete Fertilizer Wheat sold in this Its
analysis and estimated commercial value prove per
of the Available hosphorc Acid guaranteed derived from
DiSsOl1ed 1niWal BOUe-n0f from DiSs0Ied Rock; the
Ammonia is had from the soluble material-Animal
Flesh and Bood-and the Potash from No. Nuate of Pot
kain will be worth good deal to the farmer, will ab-
olufeI b1e1eW the sticky condition when drilling, which
often makes good fertilizer unpopular.
AS a companion Fertilizer to Sure Growth offer our
"Improved Standard Phosphate for Whea 1t is rich
Sure Growth in Phosphoric Acid and in Potash and only
little lower Ammonia. 1t is equal in anays of
the popular Wheat Fertilizers and will sell very much
lower than any goods OF similar grade the market.
Our Fertilizers sold guarantee that they in
perfect order for drilling being regularly and dry, and
will forfeit the bill they fall short Of the guaranteed analysis
THE SCOTT FERTILIZER CO.,
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
THINK GENTLY OF THE ERRING

Think gently ut the errng:
Ye know not OF the power
With which the dark temptation came
IN some unguarded hour.
Te may not know how earnestly
They struggled. or how we'll.
Tutil the hour Of weakness came
And sadly thus they fell
Think gently OF the erring;
on, do not thou forget.
However darkly stain'd 10y sin,
He is thy brother yet.
Heir OF the self same heritage.
Child nf the self same God.
lie has but stumbled IN the path
Thou mast in weakness trod.
Lam, /. HOykiHNOn.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
ROSS RAYMOND IN SING SING.

A New York letter to the Cincinnati
EHqHtrGr says of a man well known in Phil
adelphia: | entered the library of the
prison and was somewhat taken ahack
to be confronted with Ross Raymond
with the convict suit on. Even in his
prison garb Raymond retains his hand
some looks. 1t was his shape which so
well enabled him to play hls confidence
games. \ tall, heavily-set man, with
handsome, swarthy face, black eyes and
black hair, and with the polish of man.
ner, he soon won the confidence of his
fellow craftsmen. At Elberon, when the
dying President was removed there,
Raymond was positive favorite. Once
established, he began his confidence
operations and left many to regret his ae-
quaintance. subsequently, when dis
charged by the New York Hcrald for
crooked financial deals, he dritted West.
His play was to draw drafts upon the
Her0d and have them cashed by those
he could dupe. Finally he abandoned
his wife, and with female companion
was next heard of in London. where he
assumed to be in the confidential service
lived quite a swell, but, of course, at
somebody's expense. Then he drifted
back to the United States and left his
trail of duplicity from san Francisco to
New York. His later exploits added for
gerry to his catalogue of graces, for which
he was indicted and convicted, and is
now elling out seven years term. He
is the assistant librarian of the prison.
and is also an aid to the chaplain. This
would seem to imply that even within
the prison walls he has successfully prac-
ticed his confidence game
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

Better bend the neck promptly than to
bruise the forehead.
An evil intention perverts the best ac-
tions and makes them sins
a coxcomb is ugly all over with the
affectation of the tine gentleman.
Cieverness is a sort of genius for in
strumentality. 1t is the brain of the
hand.
Men who live without religion live
always in tumultuary and restless
state.
When respiration ceases our education
! is finished, and not a moment sooner.
Most of the shadows that cross our
path through life are crossed by stand
ing in our own light.
Even reckoning makes lasting friends,
and the way to make rcckouings is to
make them often.
True friends visit us in prosperity only
when invited, but in adversely they come
without invitation.
Many men claim to be firm in their
principles, when really they are only OBJ
stinate i'll their prejudccs,
Frugal and Industrious men are friendly
to the established government as the
idle and expensive are dangerous.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

For colds, sore throat, burn bruises, cuts,
eld sores, sore eyes, piles, Ponds Extract is
an invaluable remedy. Neuralgia and
rheumatism and many other ills alike in
character, and any external or internal in
Illumination or bleeding, yield to its magic
influence. Points Extract is sold every
where. but only in Ponds Extract Co. : bot
ties. Avoid limitations.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
One Fact

Is worth column of rhetoric, said an
American statesman, 1t is tact, estab-
hshed by the testimony Of thousands of peo-
pie, that Hoods Sarsaparilla does cure
scrofula, salt rheum and other diseases or
affections arising from impure state or low
condition of the blood. II also overcomes
that tired feeling, creates good appetite
and gives strength to every part of the sys
TEN. Try il. 3.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

| suffered wilh rheumatism in the shoul-
der for months and the only thing | found
that did me any good was salvation Oil. 1t
cured me and | recommend it to all suffer
ers with said disease.
\. ILMAN, ! Pearl ST.. Raltim0re. Md.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

A feature of the Chicago procession
was twenty pie wagons in line Next to
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland the pie wagons
aroused the most enthusiasm.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
THE CECIL HEDGE AND WIRE FENCE COMPANY
II. H. DUYCKINCK, General Manager
JOB HAlNES, Secretary.
II. II. HAlNES, Treasurer.
Jesse A. KIRK, President.
DR. G.. 5. DARE. Nice-President.

Ths r1renh the ~ hh ut he lee l % t~ process Ikg
t~prtuu tnl im NrIon Unsecured 1l4 h Va arbd wires v f
Arrest
%~ %"%Igy
and ire no
mTgh% %H f cen "a Ia give zee
COUNTY,
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
CONSTIPATION

Is called the Father OF Diseases" be-
l. cause there is no medium through
which disease SO often attacks the system
the retention of decayed and effete matter
IN the stomach and bowels. II is caused
by Il Torpid Liver, not enough bile being
eXcrctcd from the blood 10 produce
Natures own cathartic, and is generally
accompanied with such results as
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

An early Settler-a man who pays for
his lodging before going to bed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-23
ASSESSMENT INSURANCE.
Startling Revelations as to the Method In
der Which 1t Is Conducted in Michigan.

LANSING, Mich, April 22-The Joint commit.
tee of five TO investigate the mutual insurance
companies of the State presented their report To
the House this morning. They have examined
seventeen companies, and the disclosures are of
the most startling and damaging Character
Nearly all of the assessment companies were
found to be rotten 20 the core, lnsuring anyone
no matter what their age or state of health, or
whether the person insured knew of the trans
action. The testimony taken goes to show con-
ciusively that nine out of ten persons insured
in these companies had made no application,
nor We're they aware that such insurance had
been placed on their lives. The insurance was
generally taken out by some beneficiary. who
forged the signature TO the application. paid the
assessments and pocketed the money paid at
death. Representative Chapel, of Corunna, is
tangled up IN unpleasant manner with
one OF the companies. and many re-
spectacle will be compelled to
submit to damaging comments Among the
evidence the most important is the development
OF the TACT that policies issued on paupers in
poor houses for the benefit of the superintend-
ents or the poor The investigation of the
Standard Life, Of Marshall, shows that two poll
cies naa been issued on panpers for the benefit
OF the superintendent w. g. Parkiss He had
received 5000 on one Of his policies and sl3 20 on
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-23
Brief Mention.


s. F. Prentiss, a farmer near New Boston,
hoofs like horses.
Four small boys broke into chool-house near
Litchfeld, and, taking all the books they could
lay their hands on, carried them to town and
tried to sell them. They were arrested.
A Jacksonville doctor intends to furnish jacob
Rentfrow, of Meredosia. with a new jaw. Rent-
frow's lower jaw was shot away. Both the loss
Of tho entire iawoone anG the substitution of a
rev are said to be unprecedented in the his.
tory Of surgery.
At Galena, Thursday morning the proprietor
of the Desoto House ordered from the dining
room a colored man who had accompanied the
National Guard Company of Freeport to Ga.
lena, and who was breakfasting with the men
The military guests left tho hotel in body. and
went TO another hosiery.
A little daughter of Mrs Rhodes of LEROY
fell into we'll twelve feet deep and half full of
water. When the mother discovered the child
it was lying on its back on top of the water She
took her eighty ear old daughter by the feet and
held her down head foremost until she eouId
reach the baby, and then pulled both out at the
same time. The baby revived, and is now per-
fectly WELL
Thomas Graham, of Augusta, dreamed one
night recently that he was standing at the grave
OF his father, who lived in distant city and
whom ne had not seen for years. On the follow
Ing night the dream was repeated with startling
vivldness. Early the next morning he went to
the telegraph Office to send dispatch home but
before he had filled out the blank the operator
hanoed MIN message announcing that his
father had died suddenly the night before
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-23
Louisville's Startling Crime.

LOUISVILLE, April 22.-The brutal midday
crime of yesterday has greatly shocked this
community, and little else is talked of. The
fact that a peaceful domestic in charge of
house in the best residence portion of the city,
during the temporary absence of the family.
could be assaulted and fatally and horribly
mangled, in tho broad glare of noon. by burg
lar, has created most profound sensation. Con-
trary to the expectations of the physicians, the
wounded girl, Jennie Bowman, recovered con-
seriousness, but they pronounce her injuries nee
essariy fatal, and say she can live but few
hours longer. In a lucid interval she stated that
her assaiiant was negro, and that she had
fought him with a glass. Upon the wall of the
stairway up which the black fiend forced the
girl to retreat arc the marks of her bleeding
hands, and upon the steps drops of blood. every
thing pointing to a terrific struggle The police
using every eEdeavor possible to apprehend
the murderer. They upon the track of a
colored man named Marion Jones, who is be-
leyed to be the perpetrator, aud who, il is
thought, left the city last night for Cincinnati
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-23
Federal Appointments in Indiana.

Washington Special to Cincinnati Enquirer.
The newest political product is the Democratic
mugwump. He owes his creation to defense
of the President in whatever he may do, mat
ter whether it be Democratic not so long as
1t is Clevelandish. An illustration is Bradley
B. Smalley, of Vermont Smaley, for years,
has been member of the national Democratic
committee. His father before him was Demo
crat of some reputation and activity. Things
did not move WELL Mr. Smalley thought. until
the President gave him a small customs collector
ship in his own Green Mountain State. Since
Mr. Smalley has heard the new light. / met him
last week at the Fifth-avenue Hotel. Said he:
81 cannot find any dissatisfaction with Presi-
dent Cleveland his appointments, except In
Indiana. In that State the President has made
more changes than in any other, and yet his
critics there are captious and fault finding"
/ suggested to Mr.. Smalley that the President
was under more obligations to Indiana than he
was to Vermont or other States could name,
and that, while he had made changes in Indiana.
he had not taken the men who we're entitled to
the fruits Of the victory. but he had rather set
up standard of men he wanted and the Sena
tors and Representatives mad TO hunt for those
who could fit the clothes. The result was de-
mOraliZinc.